Asia

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Arti Sah works as a midwife at the Aambote health facility in, a remote community in Nepal. She completed her midwifery training, thanks to a CARE-GSK program that trains frontline health workers who are vital in bringing more and better quality maternal, neonatal, and reproductive health services...

Every year, on International Women’s Day, the global health community takes the opportunity to celebrate the progress made for gender equality and women’s health and rights around the world.

By Sara Anderson, ReSurge International In May 2017, two important anniversaries will be noted: the earthquakes in Nepal and the passage of World Health Assembly (WHA) Resolution 68.15, acknowledging the critical role of strengthening emergency and essential surgical care and anesthesia as part of...

By: Carolyn Grant and Mariela Rodriguez, CARE Frontline health workers (FHWs) are often the first and sometimes only link to health services and information for communities and individuals. Many are overworked, unmotivated and lack the essential tools, training and support they need to do their jobs...

By Nguyen Tuyet Nga, PATH, Vietnam Program Team Leader NOTE: This blog was submitted in partnership with Frontline Health Workers Coalition member GlaxoSmithKline (GSK). Imagine spending two days compiling lists of children due for vaccination from records kept in paper ledgers, and then writing...

By Sara Anderson, ReSurge International When 10-year-old Rifat was 1 month old, he was sleeping under a mosquito net when a strong gust of wind blew through a window in his room, knocking over a kerosene lamp. The net he was sleeping under caught fire, leaving him with severe burns. Rifat initially...

By Dr. Leslie Mancuso, President and CEO, Jhpiego Photo by MNCH Services Project Pakistan Initiation of family planning immediately after birth is both efficient for health systems and easier for women since few women in low-resource settings are able to return to a facility for further care. Every...

By Tiffany Montgomery, Kaiser West Los Angeles Medical Center and member of Association of Women's Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses (AWHONN) In December 2013, along with other maternal health advocates, I visited Bandung, Indonesia to observe the progress being made by frontline maternal-child...

By Julia Nakad, Hesperian Health Guides Dr. Aruna Uprety is a physician, women’s health activist and journalist in Nepal who knows that improving women’s healthcare takes a combination hard work, determination, and inspiration. She has been involved with a number of women’s health campaigns in Nepal...